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Two men are being assessed for minor injuries after a crash northbound on the Gateway Motorway at Eight Mile Plains south of Brisbane on Tuesday morning.
High-ranking British officials suggested for the first time that Russia was probably responsible for a second set of nerve agent poisonings in the region.
Rebuilding the community’s trust following the Hayne royal commission’s revelations will take time, says the CEO of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Marnie Baker.
Ngar-go or Fitzroy? The Indigenous names were discovered in a cache of notes at Melbourne Museum and contain records of conversations between an anthropologist and the traditional owners of northern Melbourne.
Forget silo art — this NAIDOC week it is the enormous cooling tower of a coal-fired power station that is being lit up with an artwork by Aboriginal elder Aunty Eileen Harrison.
A man charged with the murder of his partner, whose body was pulled from their burning home in Melbourne's south-east on Saturday, is psychotic and delusional, a court hears.
A Victorian woman is charged with dangerous driving causing death and using a mobile phone while driving over the death of professional cyclist Jason Lowndes.
Melbourne Airport is set for a major overhaul, including a new domestic terminal and a major refit of international facilities, as it prepares for the number of annual passengers to reach 68 million within the next two decades.
Hundreds of people have shed their clothes on a chilly Melbourne morning and draped themselves in sheer red fabric to be part of the latest photo shoot by internationally renowned photographer Spencer Tunick.
The man at the centre of a wool industry scandal could be forced to relinquish his role if the recommendations from an independent review are implemented.
Hundreds of people shed their clothes on a chilly Melbourne morning and drape themselves in sheer red fabric to be part of the latest photo shoot by internationally renowned photographer Spencer Tunick.
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